The Effect of the "Safety in Dementia" Online Tool to Assist Decision Making for Caregivers of Persons With Dementia and Access to Firearms : A Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Caregivers face challenges (including competing desires to prevent injury, respect autonomy, and avoid conflict) when addressing firearm access by community-dwelling persons with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD).

Objective

To test the effect of the online Safety in Dementia (SiD) decision aid on caregivers' decision making about firearm access for people with ADRD.

Design

Prospective 2-group randomized trial with longitudinal follow-up. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05173922).

Setting

United States.

Participants

English- or Spanish-speaking caregivers (aged ≥18 years) of community-dwelling adults with ADRD and firearm access.

Intervention

SiD versus a web-based information control.

Measurements

The primary outcome was pre

SUBMITTER: Betz ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12765473 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature